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Best bet seems to be to paint over it or leave it as it is. There's really no way to just "bleach" the yellow out without ruining it, in my opinion. Just go slow and carefully so as not to gouge the surfaces. Bleach will make the plastic brittle, and it will crack over time. Thanks Rogvil...

Hmm, I was under the impression that the soft plastic doors and windows were strictly for the Canadian market (while hard plastic ones were sold in the U.S.), and if so, I believe they were originally yellow, while the U.S. ones were white... Hi Rogviler, The sets I always had when I was a kid circ...

Hi Everyone, I have a number of the soft plastic door and window parts that came with the old American Plastic Bricks sets. I don't know what kind of plastic was used - it's somewhat soft to the touch and bends easily. The original color was white. Now most of them are a kind of dingy yellowish brow...

Always happy to see a new modeler come aboard! Now, you may already know of the following data, but, if you are indeed new to resin modeling, please, please click on the following link, read it, and believe. It's all common sense information, but many folks don't think safety precautions are needed...

Welcome to the forums Alan. One of the easiest ways to remove excess resin is with a dremel tool. Cutting into an eighth inch slot, you'd need a pretty small bit, 3/32" or so. Barring that, you could try cutting into it with a razor saw, or an exacto sawblade, or a scroll saw blade chucked in ...

Hi Everyone, I'm a beginner at resin modeling and new to this forum, so apologies in advance if I screw up the protocol, etiquette, etc. I tried searching the forums here but couldn't come up with an obvious match for what I'm dealing with. I have a resin kit for the old 50's style Luna rocket from ...